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The list of shipwrecks in April 1837 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1837 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Calypso
United Kingdom
The ship departed from London for Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 1]
Harriet
British North America
The sealer was driven ashore at Grates Cove , Newfoundland . She was later refloated.[ 2]
Isabella
Van Diemen's Land
The barque was wrecked at Cape Nelson . All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Launceston, Tasmania to Spencer Gulf , South Australia .[ 3] [ 4]
Nahant
United States
The ship was struck by lightning in the Atlantic Ocean . She caught fire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 5]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda , County Louth . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey , Carmarthenshire to Drogheda.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Amethyst
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ryhope , County Durham .[ 7]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and abandoned near Swansea , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Dublin .[ 8]
Domus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Hartlepool and Sunderland, County Durham .[ 9]
Hopewell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[ 10] [ 7]
Jarvis
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 9]
Jarrow
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Seaham and Sunderland.[ 11]
Josephine
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hendon , County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat.[ 11] [ 7]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[ 9]
Leah
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Newfoundland , British North America .[ 12]
Nancy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dunany Point , County Louth . She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Dundalk .[ 13] [ 14]
New Concord
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Sunderland and Hartlepool.[ 9]
Peggy
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached between Neath and Swansea , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 9] [ 7]
Pleasant
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged between Hartlepool and Sunderland.[ 9] [ 7]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Swansea for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 15]
Smith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Old Seaham , County Durham.[ 7]
Speculation
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Sunderland.[ 9] [ 7]
Sussex
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore between Seaham and Sunderland.[ 11] [ 7]
Victory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on rocks off Hendon.[ 11]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the English Channel off Fairlight, Sussex . Her crew were rescued by Alfred ( United Kingdom ).[ 9]
Assiduous
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Black Hall Rocks, County Durham . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 16]
Betsey and Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Robin Hoods Bay , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 11]
Eagle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank in the River Eske . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Donegal .[ 8]
Incertus
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with George ( United Kingdom ) and foundered off Fairlight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Dublin .[ 17]
New Manley
United Kingdom
The ship struck The Manacles , Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from King's Lynn , Norfolk to Sligo .[ 9]
Vernon
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Laxey , Isle of Man . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Furst Hardenburg
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English Port. Furst Hardenburg was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 30] [ 31]
Neutral
Norway
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Bawdsey , Suffolk , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands110437.[ 24] [ 28]
Petite Louise
France
The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Kaneun Island", Mexico. All on board were rescued.[ 32]
Pilot
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth , Glamorgan . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Waterford .[ 8]
Proven
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Castrup , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to the United States.[ 33] [ 31] Proven was later refloated and towed into Copenhagen.[ 34]
Swallow
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off Fresh Water , Newfoundland , British North America with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to St. John's, Newfoundland .[ 35]
William IV
United Kingdom
The ship sank on the Nore . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London .[ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Alceste
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Navarino , Greece . She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Trieste .[ 41] [ 42]
Cupido
Stralsund
The ship was driven ashore near Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to New York , United States.[ 43]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Cushendall Bay . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maranhão , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 38] [ 44] Ganges was refloated on 15 April and taken in to Larne , County Antrim for repairs.[ 30]
Haddo House
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Møn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dantsic .[ 31]
Penrhos
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N 9°55′W / 36.833°N 9.917°W / 36.833; -9.917 ). Her crew were rescued by Nieuew Onderneming ( Netherlands ).[ 45] [ 46]
Peleka or Twa Gebroeders
Netherlands
The galiot was discovered waterlogged and abandoned off Texel , North Holland . She was towed in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom by Perseverance ( United Kingdom ).[ 47] [ 43] [ 48]
Phœnix
United Kingdom
The collier , a brig , foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Copenhagen.[ 49] [ 50]
St. Thomas
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Prestoe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Messina to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 51] [ 31]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship sank in the River Tay . Her crew were rescued.[ 43]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Henricus
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Manzanilla, Trinidad .[ 55]
Princess
United Kingdom
The ship struck a reef, sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea . She was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Trieste . Princess was later driven ashore at Cape Passero , Sicily . She was later refloated and taken into Palermo for repairs.[ 56] [ 57]
Sophia Charlotte
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore near Flensburg . She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 58]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Darß , Prussia . Her crew were rescued.[ 46] [ 59]
Westchester
United States
The ship was struck by lightning and set on fire whilst on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She put into Portsmouth, New Hampshire , where she was scuttled.[ 56]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Dolphin
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on "Beri Island". She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Havana , Cuba .[ 32]
Four Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to South Shields , County Durham . Four Sisters was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 5]
Kitty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire to Seaham , County Durham. Kitty was refloated the next day and taken into Whitby.[ 5]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Dungeness , Kent to Sunderland, County Durham . Mary was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 5]
New Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was in collision with a canal boat and sank in the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal . She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness , Cumberland to Gloucester .[ 63]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1837
Ship
State
Description
Alpha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Jutland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dantsic .[ 51] [ 80]
Brunswick
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Padstow , Cornwall before 8 April.[ 80]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The ship was sunk by ice at St. John's, Newfoundland , British North America .[ 2]
Carroll
United States
The brig was wrecked off Cape Lookout. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 53]
Catherina
Duchy of Holstein
The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Flensburg to Fisherrow , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 81]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Marbella , Spain.[ 82] She had been refloated by mid-May and taken in to Málaga .[ 26]
Dream
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Green Island, British North America with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America.[ 76]
Eunice
British North America
The sealer was wrecked in Newfoundland . Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Fair America
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank . Lost with all 7 crew.[ 83]
Fancy
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Wells-next-the-Sea , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn , Norfolk.[ 44]
Hope
United States
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 April.[ 84]
Isabella
Van Diemen's Land
The ship was wrecked in Portland Bay , New South Wales before 7 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Launceston to the Spencer Gulf .[ 85] [ 86]
Justina
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Carmeyne". She was on a voyage from Mogadore , Morocco to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 25]
Kate
British North America
The sealer , a schooner , was crushed by ice and sank in Bonavista Bay .[ 2]
Mexican
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 51] [ 31]
Nioord
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south west of The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom on or before 8 April.[ 69] [ 59] She was on a voyage from Tarragona , Spain to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 70]
Proven
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to New York . Proven was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.[ 30]
Scotsman
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Køge Bay before 16 April.[ 30] She was refloated that day and towed into Copenhagen.[ 49]
St. Jubilee
United States
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[ 87]
Triestina
France
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Camargue , Bouches-du-Rhône . She was on a voyage from Mogadore , Morocco to Marseille .[ 38]
Venus
British North America
The sealer was abandoned in Bonavista Bay. Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Venus
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund . She was refloated on 10 June and resumed her voyage to Riga , Russia .[ 88]
Vesta
United States
The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank . Lost with all 7 hands.[ 89] [ 90]
Ward
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to an American port. Ward subsequently came ashore at La Flotte , Île de Ré , Charente-Maritime , France.[ 58] [ 91] [ 53] She was later refloated and taken in to La Flotte.[ 59]
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